Sunday, November 23, 2008
A Best Birthday One Could Wish For . . .
It happens every year, like it or not -- one’s birthday. This last weekend I witnessed a very positive birthday experience. Not Mtn-Biking Man’s but MTBmistress’s (Jeff H). There were a couple of elements that made it most positive and a standout:
- Jeff's significant other was extremely supportive and encouraging to go “have a nice ride.”
- Jeff was riding in his new self-selected ¾ highly waterproof pants and . . . it rained during part of the ride.
- Jeff was wearing the “right gear” (¾ pants)!
- Jeff conquered, non-stop, a very steep 1¾ hour ride up to “triple towers” (due West from Summit Lake and across from the ORV park). We’re talking about "front-wheel-popping, sit-on-the-front-seat-edge, leg-pounding" of a ride.
- It was a great abuse of a ride for the legs! (Could only walk around at the summit.)
- Great coffee at Blue Huron Bakery after the ride.
- Wife of Mtn-Biking Man feels sympathy for Jeff's such tough ride and bakes him special oatmeal choc chip cookies.
Happy birthday Jeff H!
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Riding Beyond Fall
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Gilligan's Island Ride -- More Than What You Asked For!
Jeff H's brother, Mark from Bellingham joined us for a ride at Ft. Lewis recently. It was his birthday and this is how he wanted to “spend it” . . . on his new 29 incher Cannondale (nice bike) chillin’ with his bro’ on single track! It turned out to be a “Gilligan’s Island” ride though. The duration was intended for 1 ½ hours but it turned into a “3+ hour tour” due to finding new single-track and taking some countless improper turns trying to return to the start point. Here’s Mark on the (his) “last leg” at 2:50’ish hrs. into the ride and about 2 miles away from the vehicles. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhCaWkZSJMc5-AehbSFdADbGPF5w1t0wgojUycRi-AqRgLTc1dhkErTfx_CDsv6uYCXbFtmOnEXNiwHKagwRFasavAMbu7D__VpMFbxhWbTrjbcUjc0_lLgXxYR3poRLONPihut-zDXYP/s200/IMG_1672.JPG)
Even though it was raining in Olympia, we had only a mist and a light wind throughout the ride – no puddles on the trail and NO MUD!
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Yes, Still Riding . . .
Yes!
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It's been a while since we've last posted. During this lag time we've been finding new riding areas in and around Fort Lewis and Kennedy Creek . . . for single track! We are really fortunate in Olympia. Today, two of us traveled all of 10 minutes away from Olympia and rode single track out at Fort Lewis (areas 22, 21, 19) for 2+ hours -- which left us speechless. Reason being, the trails were all drained with no standing water after the last couple days of rain! We’re not talking about lame single-track here. These are some of the best technical and “puzzle-like” navigational pieces around and the other “J” likened it to Bend’s single track (only a little damper). But, we get to ride it all year around and not have snow to contend with.
On another note, J & J were bad. We’ll have to confess to our wives later as we bought ourselves some new ¾ Venture Endure mountain bike knickers. Check out http://www.wiggle.co.uk/. They have by far the best price. Also, had to try the Strike winter glove. We think we do know what we’re getting for Christmas and Easter, and birthday……. Thankfully, I can deflect any blame to J. “Hey, J was complaining about how shoddy I was looking with all the holes and besides, he got the same thing.” There is safety in numbers.
We're still riding -- on all types . . .
It's been a while since we've last posted. During this lag time we've been finding new riding areas in and around Fort Lewis and Kennedy Creek . . . for single track! We are really fortunate in Olympia. Today, two of us traveled all of 10 minutes away from Olympia and rode single track out at Fort Lewis (areas 22, 21, 19) for 2+ hours -- which left us speechless. Reason being, the trails were all drained with no standing water after the last couple days of rain! We’re not talking about lame single-track here. These are some of the best technical and “puzzle-like” navigational pieces around and the other “J” likened it to Bend’s single track (only a little damper). But, we get to ride it all year around and not have snow to contend with.
On another note, J & J were bad. We’ll have to confess to our wives later as we bought ourselves some new ¾ Venture Endure mountain bike knickers. Check out http://www.wiggle.co.uk/. They have by far the best price. Also, had to try the Strike winter glove. We think we do know what we’re getting for Christmas and Easter, and birthday……. Thankfully, I can deflect any blame to J. “Hey, J was complaining about how shoddy I was looking with all the holes and besides, he got the same thing.” There is safety in numbers.
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